Bad And The Beautiful, The (1952)
Vincente Minnelli's portrait of a ruthless producer who uses everyone around him was Hollywood looking in the mirror, and the town recognised plenty of faces. Kirk Douglas's Jonathan Shields was widely read as a composite of David O. Selznick and others, and the low-budget horror film he makes with a cat in the shadows is a nod to Val Lewton's Cat People. The film won five Academy Awards, still the record for a film not nominated for Best Picture. Gloria Grahame took Best Supporting Actress for a role lasting barely nine minutes, one of the shortest winning performances in Oscar history.
An original 1952 US One Sheet from the first release, linen-backed. Minnelli's MGM pictures of the early 1950s produced some of the most glamorous paper of the studio era.
- Year: 1952
- Nationality: United States
- Condition: Linen-backed
- Type: Original One Sheet
- Size: 27 x 41 inches
- Product Code: P1392
